Rail.



KJR. ROGHEL.

vRAIL. A APPLICATION FILED NOV. Z9, 1913.

Patented 001:. 2o, 1914.

the appended claim.

'UNITED STATES PATENT oEEiioE.

KEN E. ROCHEL, OF GAL'VESTON, TEXAS.

BAIL.

"" `rieation of Letters Patent. l Patented Oct, 20, 1914:,

Be it known that IQKEN E. Roemer., a citizen of the United States, residing at Galveston, in the county of Galveston and State ofl Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rails, of which the following is a specilication.`

' The present invention relates to improvements in railway rails, the object being to provide a hollow railhaving simple and cheap, but effective, means for connecting the ends ofthe rails, to provide a joint for.

therails, and the improvementV resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and' falling within the scope of Inthe drawing: Figure v1 is a perspective view of .rails constructed in accordance with the presentfinvention, one of the rails being arran ed upon the joint, and the second rail end a out to be positioned'upon the joint,

yand Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

The rails are designatedl by the numerals 1, each comprising a hollow member that includes a vertical inner side 2 which has its lower end provided with an outturned horizontally disposed flange 3,.'and its upper portion provided with a horizontally straight head 4.- The outer side 5 of each of the railsextends at an'angle from the head and terminates i'n a foot or flange 6 which is horizontally straight and which is disosed in .the same plane with the opposite goot or flange 3 of the side 2. The hea may be of a reater thickness than the sides 2 and 5, and tie wall of the head between the inner faces of the sides 2 Aand 5 is preferably rounded, as indicated-by the numerals 7. The sides of the rail are not at any point rovided with openings but the foot and Eanges 3 and 6 respectively are formed with vertical. openings at suitably spaced intervals and at the ends of the rail, the said o enings being adapted to re ister with similar openings in the angular y disposed horizontally straight feet 8` and 9 provided upon the'jointmember 10. The joint member-10 is hollow, and has its-opposite and upper portions agreeing Pin shape with the Application med-november 2e, 1913. serieu No. 803,781.

inner faces of the sides'v and the head of the rails 1, the feet 8 and 9 being engaged by the flanges 3 and 6 of the rails. The openings in the feet of the joint member and in.

the horizontally disposed flanges 3 and 6 of the rail members are adaptedk to register and to receive the Shanksv of bolts which extend upwardly from the under faces of the feet 8 and 9, the up er projecting ends being secured by suita le nuts, as' illustrated in the drawings. The rails are secured to the ties T through the medium of the usual spikes S, and the said rail members adjacent the-joints are sup orted upon elevated ties, or ties arrange level of the ties upon which the joints for the rails are assembled.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawin s,-

the simplicity of the device as well ast e advantages thereof will, it is thought, be v perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In combination, a pair of rails, each comprising a vertically straight side having its lower edge provided with a .horizontally straight outwardly disposed flange, the said side terminating in a horizontally straight head, the outer wall of each rail being 1nclined outwardly and downwardly and terminating in an angular flange which is horizontally straight and which is disposed in the sume plane of that ofthe first mentioned flange, n hollow joint member having its contour slui )ed to correspond with the inner contour of the rails und provided with outtm'ued feet which are adalpted to underlie the flanges ol' the rails, t 1e flange..- and feet being provided with registering openings, und securing elements passing through the openings for preventing relative movemonts of said rails and hollow joint member.

VIn testimony whereof l alix my signature in presence o two witnesses.

KEN E. ROCHEL.

Witnesses A. C. THIBODAUX, F. G. SPAIM.

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